So, well, it has been amazing here. We have had such a wonderful time with everyone… We had to say goodbye to Sonny and Angel tonight because they had to go to their dad’s tomorrow until after we leave. It was pretty horrible. Angel was so upset she couldn’t stop crying. In fact she is still awake right now crying …it breaks my heart. : (
Okay, we will be happy for the moment. For it has been some of the happiest days in the history of happy days.
We had a pretty good flight down – we ended up flying from Rochester to Orlando because it was so much cheaper. We were able to get a rental car because of the money saved on the flight.
On the tram at the airport in Orlando.
So we drove the two hours from Orlando to get here. We ended up finally getting to my mom’s house around 9 p.m. So we just unpacked and were lazy for a little while before bed.
Saturday was wonderful – of course. After getting up in the a.m. we got ready and headed over to my sister Chris’s house. After some heartfelt reunions we finally got around to getting to the beach. We ended up going to Howard Beach in Tarpon Springs. A smaller beach but still great. Erik and Brandon’s first time swimming in the Gulf of Mexico. Very cool for them.
Simone had a pretty good time too. The water was a little seaweed filled – but we survived anyway.
After our beach excursion we decided to wash off not in the shower like normal people – but in another body of water! This time in Chris’s mother-in-laws pool.
After spending most of the day in some type of water, and in the sun, we decided to go back home and be completely lazy and get already made dinner from the grocery store. We were all way too tired. Hey, it was still great. : )
Since I am camera obsessed, I already have over 200 shots. My lovely niece Simone is almost as camera obsessed as me, so when we were going crazy Saturday night taking pictures, there are amazingly enough some pictures of myself. Woohoo!
Caitlyn’s shirt says love. Sums up my feelings perfectly.
Beautiful girls – God I’m so proud to be their aunt.
We get a little silly sometimes. It’s a sister thing.
Sunday was….well guess what…amazing. It was the day of our family/friends BBQ. It was the first time since Erik’s baptism that ALL of the kids were together. And of course I took advantage of that….
Haha love the last picture – Marijane has her fingers in her nose. GREAT!
So I had this amazing idea of getting the kids to stand in height order.
Okay yea, it actually turned out to be one of the hardest thing in the history of photography – but well, they’re cute anyway. Even if not in a single one are they all looking.
I’m sure the ultra mega cool huge slide they were standing in doesn’t help with the attention span thing.
Okay there were a few more but they weren’t any better. : ( I still love them – and they will be printed. I can oh so fully promise you that.
There are more from the BBQ, and they will be in the next post, promise. You just wait….total picture overload.
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